Dealing with Pain

A book we recently came across that is available free online is Explain Pain. It may be useful for anyone who has struggled with chronic pain. It has easy to read sections on the physiology of pain and busts some common misunderstandings, with a good section on management of pain.

Also remember that mindfulness within medical and psychological circles began with chronic pain patients as detailed in Jon Kabat-Zinn’s book Full Catastrophe Living.

We are Auckland psychologists who focus on change. We help you change habits, beliefs, perspectives and behaviour that is not serving you. We help you identify patterns that are causing problems in your life. Change begins with noticing patterns, understanding where they came from and how they were originally generally helpful. We then work towards new ways of being.